Will of Sir Edmund Hoskins

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The Will of Sir Edmund Hoskins Sergeant at Law

Transcribed from the digital copy held by The National Archives downloaded 3rd May 2023^[1]
With extensive reference to an earlier Transcript on the Marine Lives Website^[2]
Available Here under a Creative Commons Attribution License
(with relatively minor differences in interpretation)
Original spellings retained, ff replaced by f, Line and page breaks as per original document

People mentioned (Highlighted in the will for ease of reading)

William Hoskins Cousin

His Wife(Elizabeth Hardy)

lady Hardie mother in law(Elizabeth (Wyche) Hardy)

Bulkley(Dorothy(Hoskins)Bulkley) his sister

Deane his sister

Sir Thomas Twisden Kt. Executor and Trustee

Francis Coventry Esq cousin, also Executor

William Wakelyn servant

Henrie Aubonie servant

Sir. William Wylde Kt. and barronett Trustee

Earle of Arrundell (Henry Howard, 15th Earl of Arundel), vendor of land

Charles Burton Esq. vendor of land

Edward Tegg vendor of land

Elizabeth Hoskins his daughter

grandmother Capell (Dorothy (Aldersley) Capell) his mother

Anne Hoskins his daughter

Thomas Hoskins his son

Job Hoskins his son

Unamed sonnes namely Nathaniel' William' John and Charles

Mr Heversham vendor of house

John Hoskins cousin and executor

I Sir Edmund Hoskins Kt. Sergeant at law being at this time in perfect

health and memory (thanks be unto God) doe this day and yeare above
written make and declare my last will and testament in manner and forme
following In the first place I doe resigne my most sinfull Soule unto
the Lord God Almighty the Creator of it beseechinge him to accept and
receive the same through the meritts and sufferings of my blessed Saviour
Jesus Christ which I doe believe being the sonne of God came into this
world and tooke the humane nature upon him to dye for us and my sins
and that by shedding of his most innocent blood my soule might be purified
and cleansed and the pollutions thereof contracted by originall and actuall sin
might be wyped and done away For my body I bequeath that unto the
Earth of which it was first made there to remayne untill that great and
terrible day of the Lord shall approach, when I doe believe that this my
body shall be reunited and made perfect and be againe the receptacle and habitation
of my soule and doe hope that through the meritts of my blessed Saviour
my Soule and body, being then Joyned againe be made happy by the fruition
and perfect enjoyement of that blessedness which hath bin prepared for the
Elect Children of God from all Eternitie For my place of buryall I desire
it may be in that Isle of Carshalton Church where my Pewes are
and that without pomp or great solemnity, but decently. And for the better
avoydeing of unnecessary charge, my desire is that there be no mourning
garment at all bestowed upon any person save only my wyfe, Children
and servants and my Executors hereafter named. And for that estate it
hath pleased God to bestow upon me I doe dispose of in manner following
I doe devise that what moneys I doe owe at my death shall be first payd
Item I doe give and bequeath to the poore of the Parish of Oxted where
I received my first breath fifty shillings to be distributed by my cozen
William Hoskins and the like summe of fifty shillings to be distributed
by my wyfe amongst the poore people in Carshalton where I desire to bey
buryed. Item I give and bequeath to the lady Hardie my Mother in law
the Summe of Five pounds to buy her a ring. To my Sister Bulkley
and my Sister Deane each of them Five pounds apeice to buy them rings.
To Sir Thomas Twisden Kt. One of his Majesties Justices of the Kings
Bench and my cozen Francis Coventry Esq whom I shall trouble concerning
this my will Five pounds apeice to buy them rings. Item I give unto
William Wakelyn and Henrie Aubonie my ancient servants three
pounds apeice. And all such other meniall Servants as I shall have at
the time of my decease Twenty shillings apeice. And whereas by articles
upon the marryage with my wyfe I did agree to leave her at my death
£2500 or £250 per annum during her life and by an after agreement upon further

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further consideration did agree to leave her £ 500 more or £ 50 per Annum
dureing her life. And whereas the said Sir. Thomas Twisden and Sir.
William Wylde Kt. and barronett Recorder of the Cittie of London now stands
seized to them and their heires of and in the moiety of the Mannor of
Carshalton in the Countie of Surrey and divers lands tenements and
hereditaments purchased by me from the trustees of the Earle of Arrundell
and likewise of my mansion house there and of divers Lands Tenements and
hereditaments purchased by me of Charles Burton Esq. Deceased neverthe
less in trust for me and my heires or such persson or persons and for such
use or uses as I should lymitt and declare and the same is soe declared by an Indent
under their hands and seales bearing date the 23 of Febr. 1655. And
whereas I stand seised of five parcells of Land the one lyeing in Westcroft
and the other part within my Parke pale and part without which I bought
of Edward Tegg of Carshalton. Now for and in performance of the said
Articles & the said severall agreements and in full satisfaction of whatever my
said wyfe may clayme by vertue of the said agreements or out of my estate
reall or personall (except what hereafter is by my will given unto her) I
now devise give and bequeath unto my said wyfe the benefitt of the trust
aforesaid of and in all my said Mannor lands tenements & hereditaments
soe purchased as aforesaid and the Lands bought of Edward Tegg as
aforesaid (all which I value at the present to be above £300 per Annum, To
have and to hold taken and here assigned for and during the terme of her
naturall life And doe appoynt that my said Trustees & the survivor and
the heires of the survivor of them shall permitt and suffer my said wyfe
and her assignes dureing her naturall life to receive the rents issues & profitts
thereof, but not to part with their interest in Law in the premises or any parts
thereof nor permitt her or her assignes to sell cutt downe or sell any of the Timber
trees or walnutt trees growing in or upon the said premises or any parte
thereof and shall out of the rents and profitts take care that the houses & fences
be kept in good and sufficient repayre. And I doe devise and bequeath unto my said
wyfe all her pearles rings Jewells and diamonds and all my plate linnen hangings
furniture goods and chattells (my moneys excepted) which I shall have at the
time of my decease within my dwelling house at Carshalton. And I give unto
her my Coach and two Coach houses with the harness and all things belonginge
thereunto, and all the firewood and coale that shall be about my said house at
the time of my decease. And I give unto her likewise the summe of Two hundred
pounds to pay and discharge her owne particular debts and to discharge my estate
thereof, but for all my other goods and chattells without my said dwelling house
I declare shall be taken as my personall estate to be imployed for satisfaction of
my other legacies. Provided alwaies nevertheless and my further minde is that
if my said wyfe shall not within three months next after my decease declare
in writeing and on hand and seale that she is well contented to accept of the said
Mannor lands tenements and legacies before mentioned in full satisfaction
of whatever she may clayme or demand by vertue of the said marriage agreement
or any other, then my will is that my said wyfe shall take nothinge by this my
will or bequest and as to her the same to be utterly void and of none effect save only
as to the summe of £3000 which by agreement I was to leave her & doe by this
my will appoynt shall be payd unto her in case she shall refuse to accept of the
said lands as aforesaid. And in case of such refusall as aforesaid Then I devise
and bequeath the said Mannor Lands tenements and other the premises unto my
Executors their heires and assignes forever, and doe declare and appoynt that
my said Trustees and their heires shall joyne with my said Executors in the Sale

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of all and singular the premises and dispose of the moneys raysed by the
said sale in discharge of the other legacies given by this my will But in case of
such acceptance by my wyfe as aforesaid Then I doe declare and appoynt that
from and after the decease of my said wyfe my said Trustees and the heires of the
Survivour of them shall permitt and suffer such person as shall be the next heire male
of my body at the time of the decease of my said wyfe or in default of such issue my
heires females or in default of such issue my right heires. To have & to hold the
said mannor lands tenements and other the premises to have them and their heires
respectively. Provided likewise that such heir male shall within Sixe months
next after my said wyfes decease pay or give very good securitie to pay to such
other of my sonnes as shall be then living at their respective ages of Fower and
twenty yeares or more Two hundred pounds apeice & in default of such payment
or securitie given, Then my trustees or the heires of the survivour of them shall
receive the rents issues and profitts of all and singular the premises untill Two
hundred pounds apeice for such summes together with the Interest thereof from
the time of payment shall be raysed and from and after such payment or securitie
given or raysement of the said moneys as aforesaid Then the said trust and the whole
interest in law in all and singular the premises I doe appoynt to be conveyed & setled
so to and upon such heire male and his heires forever. Item I give unto my daughter
Elizabeth Hoskins the One hundred pounds given by her grandmother Capell
and the summe of One thousand and Fower hundred pounds more to be payd unto
her imediatly after my decease, Provided she give me a release or sufficient
discharge for all damages or Interest for the said One hundred pounds & marry
with the consent and approbation of my executors or the survivour of them & if
she shall not I then give unto her but Five hundred pounds and the residue of her
legacie I give unto her brothers and sister equally to be divided betweene
them. ITEM I give unto my daughter Anne Hoskins the summe of one thousand
pounds to be payd at the day of marriage or one and twenty yeares which
shall next happen, Provided she marry likewise with the consent as aforesaid
and if she doe not, then I give her but five hundred pounds and the residue to be
devided between her brothers. ITEM I give unto my sonne Thomas Hoskins
the summe of One thousand pounds and the like summe of One Thousand pounds
unto my sonne Job Hoskins to be payd unto them as soon as may be after
my death. Item all the rest and residue of my estate I doe give & appoynt
shall be equally amongst all my other sonnes or children that shall be
living at the time of my decease but not payd unto them until their severall
and respective ages of Fower and Twenty yeares and my will and meaning is
that all my sayd Children shall be maintained out of the proceeds and profitt of
their severall and respective portions. And when there shall be occasion to bind
any of my sonnes Apprentices or to place them in any callinge (which my
desire is every one should be), then such moneys as shall be layd out upon such
placeing to be payd out of such Childs principall stocke. And my further will is
that if any of my Children dye before the time of such Childs portion shall be
come payable then such Childs portion soe dyeing shall be equally devided amongst
the surviving Children. And I doe hereby further declare and appoynt that in
case my wyfe shall refuse to accept of my lands as aforesaid, whereby the same
shall be sold according to the Direction as aforesaid I give by way of increase
of legacie to my daughter Elizabeth Five hundred pounds and to my daughter
Anne the summe of three hundred pounds and the overplus to be equally devided
amongst all my sonnes and subject to the same cautions and provisions in every
respect as is expressed in the gift of their former legacies. And I doe further
appoynt and direct that my house in Chancery Lane & all my Interest therein which

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which I lately bought of Mr Heversham together with all the Furniture
wherewith it is now furnished (X) hangings bedds furniture of bedds tables
carpets chaires stooles and all other my goods whatsoever which I shall have
at the time of my decease in the said house (exceptinge my ready moneys
plates evidences and writeings lynnen and bookes which lynnen I give to my wife
and my bookes to my sonne Job Hoskins) shall be by my executors forthwith sold
after my decease and the moneys thereby raysed imployed towards the performance
of my will. And my further meaning and will is that my Executors shall in
the first place be reimbursed and payd all such summes of moneys as they or
any of them shall expend about the execution of my will. And that they nor any
of them shall be put to any prejudice by reason of losse in puttinge out any
summes of moneys for my said Childrens portions (they useing their best
care in disposing thereof: And of this my last will and testament I constitute
and appoynt the said Sir Thomas Twisden Kt. My deare friend the said Frances
Coventry my noble kinsman and cordiall freind and my cozen John Hoskins my
Executors. And doe hereby revoke and make voyd all former wills & declare
this to be my last will and testament and in witness the same is so it conteyneing
two sheets of paper I have sett my hand and seale to each sheet the day
and yeare above written. ED. HOSKINS.

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Sources

1. ↑ The National Archives' catalogue - Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury - Wills and Letters of Administration PROB 11/316 - Name of Register: Hyde Quire Numbers: 1 - 56 Will of Sir Edmund Hoskins, Serjeant at Law (accessed 3 May 2023) Catalogue Entry
2. ↑ Marine Lives Website Transcription of PROB 11/316 Hyde 1-56 Will of Sir Edmund Hoskins, Serjeant at Law 7th February 1665 done 26/09/11, CSG: Created page (accessed 5 May 2023) Link